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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-4450 · published 21 October 2013

CVE-2013-4450: Nodejs improper input validation vulnerability

Nodejs · Nodejs

The HTTP server in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.21 and 0.8.x before 0.8.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by sending a large number of pipelined requests without reading the response.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 37% · top 1.5% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
37%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The HTTP server in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.21 and 0.8.x before 0.8.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by sending a large number of pipelined requests without reading the response.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/10/18/node-v0-10-21-stable/ Patch
http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/10/18/node-v0-8-26-maintenance/ Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00051.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1842.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63229
https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/6214
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/2548 Exploit
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nodejs/NEbweYB0ei0
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/10/18/node-v0-10-21-stable/ Patch
http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/10/18/node-v0-8-26-maintenance/ Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00051.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1842.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63229
https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/6214
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/2548 Exploit
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nodejs/NEbweYB0ei0
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-4450), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.